Automobile-fender.



M. URIBE. AUTOMOBlLE FENDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. I917- U LQQG QQUD Patented Mayla, 1911.

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AUTOMOBILE FENDER. APPLICATION FILED MAIL I3 1917.

Patented May 1-3, 1917.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES ATT-ORNEY MAaoELmo URIBE, or sea Au'rou'io, runes.

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Be it known thatI, MARCELINOURIBE, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State 5 of Texas, have invented new and useful Iinprovements in- 1 Automobile- Fenders, which the following is a specification. i i This invention relates to automobile fenders, the-"object in view being to provide a si1nple,.reliable and effective fender which may be used in conjunction with thefvarious types of motor vehicles now in use and which will prevent a person from beingrun over by the vehicle equipped with the fender, the fender forming a support for the'pe rson picked up, until the machine can be brought toastop,

Another object in view is to so construct the fender and mount the same in relation to certain parts of the Vehicle that a yieldabl cushion is providedwhich not only prevents injury to the person struck by the fender but also has the effect of saving certain parts guards thereofs With th caboveand other. objects in view, the invention consists 1n the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein described, illustrated and claimed. J

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile showing the improved fender in its applied relation thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the front portion of the vehicle showing the fender.

Fig- 3 is a detail plan view of the body of the fender detached.

Fig. 4c is a side elevation of the front portion of the vehicle, with the fender applied. Fig; 5 is a fragmentary horizontalsection showing the yieldable means between the bumper, the body of the fender and the front mud guards.

The body of the fender contemplatedin shown in Fig. 3. as consisting of the front and rear bars 1 and 2, and the curvilineari at itsopposite' extremities to the front and rear bars 2, and'theframe further comprises diagonal braces, or bars 5 which extend between the front and rear corners of the body frameand intersect each other where they Specification of Letters Patent.

of the machine, particularly'the front mud this invention comprises a marginal frame cross the central longitudinal thrust bar t.

A stout frame is thus provided, which is covered with a sheet of meshed wire 6 or the I equivalent thereof. The rear cross bar'2 has attaching. .ears .orilu'gs 7 extending rear-- wardly therefrom and formed with holes 8 adapted to receive bolts or rivets whereby therear end of the body of the fender may be secured to the front axle of the vehicle.

The forward end of thej'main body or frame of the fender is supportedby means of a bumper 9 having the central portion thereof straight or substantially so and extending parallel to the front bar 1 of the fender body and in spaced relation thereto 'the'frontof the front mud guards 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the end portions 10 0f the bumper 9 being also in spaced rela tion to the forward and lower extremities of the mud guardsll. At intervals through out the bumper 9 and the end portions 10 thereof, bolts 12 are inserted through said bumper and through the front bar 1 of the fender frame andalso through the forward and lower extremities of the mud guards 11. The ends of the mud guards extend straight downwardly after curving over the front wheels and approach sufliciently close to the V Patented'May 35, 1191?. a nauon filed March 13,1917. seria1no.154,511.

for a purpose which will appear. The end a portions of the bumper 9 are deflected or curved as indicated at, 10 to extend across road surface to preventan ordinary person from passing under the same and to insure the picking upof such person. Each of the bolts 12 is encircled by a' coiled cushioning spring 13 which is interposed between. the bumper 9 and the bar 1 or the mud guards 11 as thec'ase maybe. The bumper 9 serves as a resilient'means for cushioning the blow necessarily given to a person-before he is picked up by the fender and said bumper bar, also serves as a supportin connection between-thcbar 1 and the mu guards 11.

The forward end of the body or frame of thefender is thus partially supported by the bumper 9 which is in turn supported by the mud guards 11. Stay wires or cables let extend from the bumper 9 upwardly and rear-' wardly and are connected at 15 to fixed points on they machine frame. Other stay wires or cables 16 extend from the mud guards 11 inwardly and connect at the points 15 to the machine frame. The stays .14 assist materially in supporting the bumper 9, the lower extremities of the mud guards 11 and in that way they also serve to support the vehicle gives the necessary road clearance beneath the same, being substantially horiforward part of the frame 'or body of the fender which carries the meshed wire fabric 6.

When the fender as a whole is'in its applied position in relation to the motor ,vehile it is-sufiiciently low. to provide for the rdinary hand cranking of the'motor of the zont 'al and on alevel with the front axle of the vehicle, and is of sufficient extent to. pro-' front and rear bars of unequal length,.curvilinear side bars connecting the front and rearbars' and diverging in a forward directlon, means for securing. the rear end of sa d frame-to the frontz-a'xle of the vehicle, a

bumper having -a portion thereof extending parallel thereto and in spaced relation to the I ront bar of the fender body and end portions extending in front of the front mud guards and in spaced relation thereto, yieldable means interposed between said bumper and fenderbody, other yieldable means interposed between the end portions of the .bumper and the front mud guards, means connecting said bumper to the front mud guards and body of thefender to admit of a fore and aft yielding movement of the bumper in relation to the fender body and i hand guards, and supporting staysconnecti'ng said'bumper with the vehicle frame. V n testimony whereof I affix my signature. MARCELINQ'yRIBE. 

